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Introducing Graph Search Beta — Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected. The main way we do this is by giving people the tools to map out their relationships with the people and things they care about. We call this map the graph. It's big and constantly expanding with new people, content and connections.

How Journalists Can Use Facebook Graph Search for Reporting — Today we're announcing Graph Search, a new way for people to navigate their connections to people and content on Facebook. It launches today with a limited beta. To sign up for the waiting list, see the bottom of the Graph Search about page.

Evolving Search on Facebook — Almost two-and-a-half years ago, Bing and Facebook started down a path to make search more social. We both firmly believed that people possess the keys to unlock a world of knowledge previously inaccessible via traditional search.

Facebook Graph Search hands-on: a brand new social search — Say hello to the new global search bar — We just got a chance to play with Facebook's new Graph Search with our personal account, and it's decidedly not a small addition to the site. The entire top menubar has been redesigned …

Apple Stock Slide Could Cost It the Market Cap Lead — Tuesday is proving to be another brutal day for Apple on Wall Street. The company's shares, which briefly slipped below $500 on Monday, continued their downward slide Tuesday, drifting below that mark once again.

Exclusive: Yahoo Connections SVP Shashi Seth Is Out — According to multiple sources close to the situation, Yahoo Connections SVP Shashi Seth is leaving the company. CEO Marissa Mayer sent an email earlier today saying the last day for one of the top execs of the company would be tomorrow.

OkCupid Wants to Send Members on a ‘Crazy Blind Date’ — OkCupid, the dating site, has spent the last few years experimenting with ways to appeal to increasingly tech-savvy and pressed-for-time singles. In 2011, the company rolled out a “locals” feature that showed other singles nearby …

What if Microsoft exited the search business? — Amazingly, most everyone totally ignores a linchpin competitive assumption when they talk about search competition and Google's antitrust liabilities - that Microsoft will always be a competitor in the search advertising business.

Simple's online-only banking app launches on Android — The banking startup reaches a crucial milestone, but it's still just getting started — Today online banking startup Simple announced the first Android version of its app, which is designed to replace traditional personal banking with an online-only experience.

LG deflects blame for Nexus 4 supply issues — Google has had some pretty heavy supply shortages since putting the Nexus 4 handset on sale in November, but manufacturer LG doesn't see a problem from its point of view. An official speaking to the Chosun Ilbo has said that production …

If you lose your cellphone, don't blame Wayne Dobson … Wayne Dobson doesn't have your cellphone. — Even if it looks like he might. — In the past two years the 59-year-old retiree has been pestered by people showing up at all hours of the day and night at his house, demanding their phones.